Stoop Kid

Stoop Kid is the jangly indie-rock project of Jens Rubens. After years of playing guitar in numerous punk, hardcore and indie-bands in and around his hometown of Diest, Belgium he felt it was time to share his personal story. Heavily rooted in the local DIY-scene, it only felt natural to do as much as possible on his own at the start of the new project.

After self-recording 2 EP's (Uhm Yeah Sure - 2019 & Nothing At All - 2020) and a full length album (Camp Careful - 2021), Stoop Kid was noticed by the production company of the Muziekgieterij, just across the border in Maastricht, The Netherlands. Quickly after Stoop Kid became artist in residence at the live venue, allowing Jens to work on his second album in a professional studio environment for the first time. Ten home-demos were caringly re-recorded and mixed at the Muziekgieterij studio with the help of producer Rob Driessen. Loops became live drums, lo-fi became wide scope and Mount Cope, Stoop Kid’s second full album, was a fact.

Mount Cope deals with life after depression and the fear of relapsing, with the grief of losing a mother at 27 and with simply turning 30 and the existential shitshow that comes with it. With this album Stoop Kid celebrates doing a little better than the day before, not always reaching for the top, and setting simply getting by as the end goal.